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For true motorsport fans, our Ultimate F1 Quiz has over 85 Formula 1 Quiz Questions and Answers covering Cars, Drivers, Circuits, Teams, History, General F1 Trivia & More!

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Ultimate F1 Quiz Questions: General Knowledge, F1 Trivia & Fun Facts

1. How many races are there in the standard F1 Grand Prix Calendar?

2. Inspired by American bomber pilots in WWII, which racing driver has made it a tradition to name his cars mostly after girls?

3. While explaining the interesting reason behind his racing number 11, which Formula one driver once said: “When I started in karting there was a football player that was playing for Club America, the team I like, it was Ivan Zamorano. He was my idol and was wearing number 11, so it was very easy for me to choose that.”?

4. In which country was ‘Grand Prix’ first used to describe a race?

5. What does the word ‘Formula’ in Formula 1 refer to?

6. Who is the only driver to have won the Triple Crown of Motorsport? (F1 Drivers Championship or Monaco Grand Prix (depending on which definition you prefer) + 24 Hours of Le Mans & Indianapolis 500).

7. How many world titles does Michael Schumacher have?
A. 6.
B. 5.
C. 8.
D. 7

8. The 1976 F1 battle between which two Formula One drivers was dramatized in the 2013 biographical sports film ‘Rush’?

9. Name the French comics series created in 1957 by French cartoonist Jean Graton, where the main character is a French racing car driver who competes mainly in Formula One?

10. Nicknamed El Maestro (“The Master” or “The Teacher”), which legendary racing driver won the World Championship of Drivers five times – a record that stood for 46 years until it beaten by Michael Schumacher?

11. One of the greatest Formula One drivers, which British Formula One racing driver from Scotland died in a Formula Two racing accident in 1968 in Hockenheim, West Germany?

12. Nicknamed the “Flying Scot”, which racing driver competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers’ Championships and twice finishing as runner-up over those nine seasons?

13. How many Formula One Grand Prix wins does Lewis Hamilton have (prior to the start of the 2022 F1 Season)?
A. 107.
B. 103.
C. 105.
D. 101.

14. The rhetorical phrase “Who do you think you are, —– ——?” was supposedly the standard question all British policemen asked speeding motorists. Even the racing driver in question was once stopped for speeding and asked just that. Who is this legendary driver often described as the greatest driver never to win the World Championship?

15. What name is given to a person responsible for indicating the driver where his pit box is, when to put his car in first gear and when to leave the pit box when the driver comes into the pits during the race?

16. One of Kimi Raikkonen’s favourite songs is “Paalupaikka”by Kari Tapio. It is also Kimi’s karaoke jam. What does the word Paalupaikka literally mean?

17. During the opening lap of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix race, which racing driver’s car crashed into the metal race barriers at full speed and split into two?
A. Max Verstappen.
B. Sergio Perez.
C. Alexander Albon.
D. Romain Grosjean.

18. Who is the only person to have won both the Motorcycle Grand Prix and the Formula 1 world championship

19. In 1997 Canada issued a stamp to honour which racing driver who died in a crash caused by a collision with the car during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix?

20. Who was the first and only Polish driver to compete in Formula One, and whose maiden Formula One victory came in 2008 in the Canadian Grand Prix?

21. Son of former Formula One driver, who became the first Dutch driver to win the Formula One World Championship?

22. Who was the first reigning champion to have retired from F1 in 1993?

23. Which Formula One driver holds the records for the most pole positions (113 at the end of the 2021 F1 season)?
A. Michael Schumacher.
B. Ayrton Senna.
C. Sebastian Vettel.
D. Lewis Hamilton.

24. Which annual award honouring the achievements of an individual or team in Formula One racing was named after an Italian driver who died in a major accident at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix?

25. Who is the only African driver to win the Formula One World Championship?

26. One of the most successful Americans in the history of motorsports, who is the only racing driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and the Formula One World Championship?

27. In early 2007, World Champion Kimi Raikkonen won a snowmobile race in his native Finland under what name, inspired by one of his favourite racing drivers?

28. After Jochen Rindt was killed at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, which Brazilian legendary driver became Lotus’s lead driver?

29. Which Italian racing driver was the first woman to race in Formula One?

30. Nicknamed ‘The Bear’ which 1967 Formula One World Drivers’ Champion during the early part of his career preferred to race barefoot as he believed that it gave him a better feel of the throttle?

30. Which 1960 Formula One World Drivers’ Champion became the first American-born winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans?

31. Which F1 team has won the World Constructor Championship the most times?
A. Red Bull.
B. Ferarri.
C. Alfa Romeo.
D. Aston Martin

32. Who became the United Kingdom’s first Formula One World Champion driver in 1958?

33. Which British automobile manufacturer based in Banbury, England and founded by Klaas Zwart was named after the first double winner of the World Championship of Drivers?

34. What was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi called?

35. Niki Lauda won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix with Brabham BT46B, a variant of the BT46, the 1978 Brabham race car. What was so weird about the car design?

36. Which racing driver was killed during practice for the Italian Grand Prix in 1970 and became the only driver to be posthumously awarded the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship?

37. True or False: Mercedes were the F1 Team Constructors Champions of the 2021 F1 Season?

38. What is the name of the high-end hospitality package offered to VIPs at Grand Prix races in various countries of the world?

39. Which American racing driver is the first to have won races in Sports Cars, Formula One, NASCAR and Indy cars?

40. In 1997, McLaren was looking to get back to winning ways having not won a race since 1993 and had partnered with Cigarette company West to produce a sleek, silver and black car for that year. McLaren invited which pop band to launch the 1997 F1 car?

41. One of the most legendary racing drivers, Ayton Senna, died in an accident leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix while driving for which team?

42. The 2004 Monaco Grand Prix saw the Jaguar Racing team partner up to promote which American comedy film at the race?
A. Million Dollar Baby.
B. 2 Fast 2 Furious.
C. Ocean’s 12.
D. The Longest Yard.

43. Currently competing in Formula One for McLaren, which racing driven is often referred to as “the honey badger” referencing his racing style, explaining that it’s supposed to be ‘the most fearless animal in the animal kingdom‘?

44. What is the animated cartoon series by McLaren named?

45. Who became the first and so far only Finish double world champion Formula One driver?

46. Which 1997 Formula One World Champion released his debut French single, Accepterais-tu in 2007?

47. Which three-time (1981, 1983, and 1987) World Champion racing driver had a brief career in tennis?

48. Who was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team?

49. Which 1966 American sports drama film won three Academy Awards for its technical achievements?

50. Name first official Formula One World Champion.

51. Michael Schumacher made his Formula One debut with which team founded and named after an Irish businessman?

52. Who is the only female Formula One driver in history to have a top six finish in a World Championship race, which she did at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix?

53. Just before the death of Ayrton Senna, which Austrian was killed in a crash during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix?

54. What does ‘DRS’ stand for when it comes to overtaking?

Formula 1 Quiz Questions: The Drivers

1. Which racing driver made his Formula One debut on 4 March 2001 for ‘Minardi’ at the Australian Grand Prix?

2. At the age of eight, which future world champion wanted one of the major characters from Disney’s 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid to be displayed on his helmet?

3. After winning the Pole Trophy in the 2019 season, who became the youngest driver ever and the first non-Mercedes driver to win it since the trophy’s inception in 2014

4. British businessman Ron Dennis gave which racing driver his famous nickname at the beginning of the 2002 Formula 1 season?

5. Which Formula One champion won the 2018 season of the Super GT Series alongside Naoki Yamamoto?

6. From being signed as a junior in 2017, which F1 driver has remained with McLaren for his racing career to date?

7. Which 1996 Formula One racing champion contributed a guitar solo to the track “Demolition Man”, the opening track of Def Leppard’s 1999 album Euphoria?

8. Which 2016 GP2 Series champion made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix?

9. Who was the first person to win the CART title in his debut season, and making him the only person to hold both the World Drivers’ Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship simultaneously?

10. Who is the only driver in F1 history to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren?

11. Who was the first Australian driver to win a Formula 1 World Championship?

12. Which racing driver is a big fan of Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR Racer and in his honor; he adopted the number 3 as his racing number?

13. Which Spanish racing driver, son of a double world rally champion got his maiden Formula One podium finish with third position at 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix?

14. Name the only siblings to each win Formula One races.

15. Referred to as “The Mexican Wunderkind”, the nickname of which racing driver is “Checo”?

16. Which British racing driver earned his nickname “Mr. Saturday” after being consistently stronger than his teammates in qualifying (which is usually held on Saturday) during the 2019-2021 seasons?

17. Which F1 racing team did Valtteri Bottas join when he left Mercedes at the end of the 2021 F1 season?

18. Who is the only Pole to take pole position?

19. The son of the 1982 F1 World Champion, who was the first reigning champion to have retired from F1 since Alain Prost in 1993?

20. Who was Ferrari’s first World Champion and the last Italian to date to win the title?

F1 Track Quiz Questions

1. The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at which motor racing track?

2. Italian rock band The Rock Alchemist, whose song “The Temple” from their 2017 album: Elements was written as an anthem for which motor racing circuit?

3. The circuit designed by Hermann Tilke, what is the venue for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix called?

4. The inaugural race at which circuit was held in 1929 and was won by William Grover-Williams?

5. Antonio Ascari was killed in the race which followed his win in which Grand Prix?

6. Originally called “Dreieckskurs” (the triangle course), which circuit was opened in 1932?

7. Which motor racing circuit is named after former 1978 world champion?

8. Which circuit was renamed after Formula One driver who died in a plane crash in 1977?

9. Before the start of which Grand Prix are manhole covers welded down along the track because the downforce created by an F1 car has enough suction to pull them up?

10. Where is the track located for the Italian Grand Prix?

11. Which is the shortest Formula One circuit at 3,340 kilometres?

12. Name the longest Formula One Racing Circuit in the World.

13. Which was the fastest circuit on the 2021 F1 calendar?

14. The Bahrain International Circuit has only one named corner (the hairpin Turn 1.) Which legendary racing driver was the turn named after?

15. What is the name of the Indian motor racing circuit where the first edition of the Indian Grand Prix took place on 30 October 2011?

F1 Quiz Questions and Answers: General Knowledge, F1 Trivia & Fun Facts

1. How many races are there in the standard F1 Grand Prix Calendar?
23 (from 2022 with the inaugural Miami Grand Prix added to the F1 calendar)

2. Inspired by American bomber pilots in WWII, which racing driver has made it a tradition to name his cars mostly after girls?
Sebastian Vettel. (Julie, Kate, Kinky Kylie are some of the names of his cars)

4. In which country was ‘Grand Prix’ first used to describe a race?
France

5. What does the word ‘Formula’ in Formula 1 refer to?
The set of rules which govern some aspects of the competition, for example, tyres and race start procedures etc.

7. How many world titles does Michael Schumacher have?
A. 6.
B. 5.
C. 8.
D. 7

8. The 1976 F1 battle between which two Formula One drivers was dramatized in the 2013 biographical sports film ‘Rush’?
Niki Lauda and James Hunt.

9. Name the French comics series created in 1957 by French cartoonist Jean Graton, where the main character is a French racing car driver who competes mainly in Formula One?
Michel Vaillant.

11. One of the greatest Formula One drivers, which British Formula One racing driver from Scotland died in a Formula Two racing accident in 1968 in Hockenheim, West Germany?
James Clark.

13. How many Formula One Grand Prix wins does Lewis Hamilton have (prior to the start of the 2022 F1 Season)?
A. 107.
B. 103.
C. 105.
D. 101.

16. One of Kimi Raikkonen’s favourite songs is “Paalupaikka”by Kari Tapio. It is also Kimi’s karaoke jam. What does the word Paalupaikka literally mean?
“Pole Position”.

18. Who is the only person to have won both the Motorcycle Grand Prix and the Formula 1 world championship?
John Surtees.

19. In 1997 Canada issued a stamp to honour which racing driver who died in a crash caused by a collision with the car during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix?
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve.

20. Who was the first and only Polish driver to compete in Formula One, and whose maiden Formula One victory came in 2008 in the Canadian Grand Prix?
Robert Kubica.

21. Son of former Formula One driver, who became the first Dutch driver to win the Formula One World Championship?
Max Verstappen (2021 Formula One World Champion)

22. Who was the first reigning champion to have retired from F1 in 1993?
Alain Prost.

23. Which Formula One driver holds the records for the most pole positions (113 at the end of the 2021 F1 season)?
A. Michael Schumacher.
B. Ayrton Senna.
C. Sebastian Vettel.
D. Lewis Hamilton.

24. Which annual award honouring the achievements of an individual or team in Formula One racing was named after an Italian driver who died in a major accident at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix?
The Lorenzo Bandini Trophy.

25. Who is the only African driver to win the Formula One World Championship?
Jody Scheckter (in 1979)

26. One of the most successful Americans in the history of motorsports, who is the only racing driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and the Formula One World Championship?
Mario Andretti.

27. In early 2007, World Champion Kimi Raikkonen won a snowmobile race in his native Finland under what name, inspired by one of his favourite racing drivers?
James Hunt. (He had won the Formula One World Championship in 1976.)

28. After Jochen Rindt was killed at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, which Brazilian legendary driver became Lotus’s lead driver?
Emerson Fittipaldi.

29. Which Italian racing driver was the first woman to race in Formula One?
Maria Teresa de Filippis.

30. Which 1960 Formula One World Drivers’ Champion became the first American-born winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans?
Philip Hill.

31. Which F1 team has won the World Constructor Championship the most times?
A. Red Bull.
B. Ferarri.
C. Alfa Romeo.
D. Aston Martin

32. Who became the United Kingdom’s first Formula One World Champion driver in 1958?
Mike Hawthorn.

33. Which British automobile manufacturer based in Banbury, England and founded by Klaas Zwart was named after the first double winner of the World Championship of Drivers?
Ascari Cars Ltd (Named after world champion Alberto Ascari.)

34. What was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi called?
The Mille Miglia.

35. Niki Lauda won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix with Brabham BT46B, a variant of the BT46, the 1978 Brabham race car. What was so weird about the car design?
A huge fan stuck to the back of the car.

36. Which racing driver was killed during practice for the Italian Grand Prix in 1970 and became the only driver to be posthumously awarded the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship?
Jochen Rindt.

37. True or False: Mercedes were the F1 Team Constructors Champions of the 2021 F1 Season?
True

38. What is the name of the high-end hospitality package offered to VIPs at Grand Prix races in various countries of the world?
The F1 Paddock Club

39. Which American racing driver is the first to have won races in Sports Cars, Formula One, NASCAR and Indy cars?
Dan Gurney.

41. One of the most legendary racing drivers, Ayton Senna, died in an accident leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix while driving for which team?
Williams Racing.

42. The 2004 Monaco Grand Prix saw the Jaguar Racing team partner up to promote which American comedy film at the race?
A. Million Dollar Baby.
B. 2 Fast 2 Furious.
C. Ocean’s 12.
D. The Longest Yard.

44. What is the animated cartoon series by McLaren named?
Tooned

45. Who became the first and so far only Finish double world champion Formula One driver?
Mika Hakkinen.

46. Which 1997 Formula One World Champion released his debut French single, Accepterais-tu in 2007?
Jacques Villeneuve.

47. Which three-time (1981, 1983, and 1987) World Champion racing driver had a brief career in tennis?
Nelson Piquet.

48. Who was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team?
Alan Jones.

49. Which 1966 American sports drama film won three Academy Awards for its technical achievements?
Grand Prix.

50. Name first official Formula One World Champion.
Giuseppe Farina.

51. Michael Schumacher made his Formula One debut with which team founded and named after an Irish businessman?
Jordan.

52. Who is the only female Formula One driver in history to have a top six finish in a World Championship race, which she did at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix?
Maria Grazia “Lella” Lombardi.

53. Just before the death of Ayrton Senna, which Austrian was killed in a crash during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix?
Roland Ratzenberger.

54. What does ‘DRS’ stand for when it comes to overtaking?
Drag Reduction System

Formula 1 Quiz Questions and Answers: The Drivers

1. Which racing driver made his Formula One debut on 4 March 2001 for ‘Minardi’ at the Australian Grand Prix?
Fernando Alonso.

2. At the age of eight, which future world champion wanted one of the major characters from Disney’s 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid to be displayed on his helmet?
Sebastian Vettel. (Sebastian is the crab in The Little Mermaid)

3. After winning the Pole Trophy in the 2019 season, who became the youngest driver ever and the first non-Mercedes driver to win it since the trophy’s inception in 2014?
Charles Leclerc.

4. British businessman Ron Dennis gave which racing driver his famous nickname at the beginning of the 2002 Formula 1 season
Kimi Räikkönen – The Iceman.

5. Which Formula One champion won the 2018 season of the Super GT Series alongside Naoki Yamamoto?
Jenson Button.

6. From being signed as a junior in 2017, which F1 driver has remained with McLaren for his racing career to date?
Lando Norris

7. Which 1996 Formula One racing champion contributed a guitar solo to the track “Demolition Man”, the opening track of Def Leppard’s 1999 album Euphoria?
Damon Hill.

8. Which 2016 GP2 Series champion made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix?
Pierre Gasly.

10. Who is the only driver in F1 history to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren?
Niki Lauda.

11. Who was the first Australian driver to win a Formula 1 World Championship?
Sir John Arthur Brabham (1959, 1960, 1966)

12. Which racing driver is a big fan of Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR Racer and in his honor; he adopted the number 3 as his racing number?
Daniel Ricciardo.

13. Which Spanish racing driver, son of a double world rally champion got his maiden Formula One podium finish with third position at 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix?
Carlos Sainz Jr.

14. Name the only siblings to each win Formula One races.
Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher.

15. Referred to as “The Mexican Wunderkind”, the nickname of which racing driver is “Checo”?
Sergio Pérez.

17. Which F1 racing team did Valtteri Bottas join when he left Mercedes at the end of the 2021 F1 season?
Alfa Romeo Racing

18. Who is the only Pole to take pole position?
Robert Kubica (He took his first pole position at Bahrain in 2008, and finished that race in third.)

19. The son of the 1982 F1 World Champion, who was the first reigning champion to have retired from F1 since Alain Prost in 1993.
Nico Rosberg.

20. Who was Ferrari’s first World Champion and the last Italian to date to win the title?
Alberto Ascari.

F1 Track Quiz Questions & Answers

1. The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at which motor racing track?
Silverstone Circuit.

2. Italian rock band The Rock Alchemist, whose song “The Temple” from their 2017 album: Elements was written as an anthem for which motor racing circuit?
The Monza Circuit.

3. The circuit designed by Hermann Tilke, what is the venue for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix called?
The Yas Marina Circuit.

4. The inaugural race at which circuit was held in 1929 and was won by William Grover-Williams?
Monaco Grand Prix (aka The Circuit de Monaco)

5. Antonio Ascari was killed in the race which followed his win in which Grand Prix?
The Belgian Grand Prix (aka the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps).

6. Originally called “Dreieckskurs” (the triangle course), which circuit was opened in 1932?
Hockenheimring, aka. The German Grand Prix from 1977 to 2006.

7. Which motor racing circuit is named after former 1978 world champion?
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (aka. the Canadian Grand Prix.)

8. Which circuit was renamed after Formula One driver who died in a plane crash in 1977?
The Autódromo José Carlos Pace, better known as Interlagos, Brazilian Grand Prix.

9. Before the start of which Grand Prix are manhole covers welded down along the track because the downforce created by an F1 car has enough suction to pull them up?
The Monaco Grand Prix.

10. Where is the track located for the Italian Grand Prix?
Emilia Romagna

11. Which is the shortest Formula One circuit at 3,340 kilometres?
Circuit de Monaco, the Monaco Grand Prix.

12. Name the longest Formula One Racing Circuit in the World.
Pescara Circuit, Italy.

13. Which was the fastest circuit on the 2021 F1 calendar?
Baku City Circuit, Azerbaijan.

14. The Bahrain International Circuit has only one named corner (the hairpin Turn 1.) Which legendary racing driver was the turn named after?
Michael Schumacher.

15. What is the name of the Indian motor racing circuit where the first edition of the Indian Grand Prix took place on 30 October 2011?
The Buddh International Circuit (named after Gautama Buddha, a religious leader.)

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